Fiery bus crash kills sixteen farm laborers near Phoenix
Sixteen Mexican farm laborers died and 32 were injured when a crudely made bus crashed into a tree and exploded near Phoenix. The driver Nate Manuel Gloria Jr said he dozed at the wheel and planned to hand drive to his assistant at an intersection 100 yards ahead. The workers were en route from Mesa labor office to garlic fields near Tolleson. The single exit vehicle burst into flames after a fuel line rupture.
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Arizon
Highway Patrol
Nate Manuel Gloria, Jr
Gloria
Mesa
Ariz
Garlic Fields
Tolleson
Elmer Charbeneau
Entertainer Mamie Peniman Dies in Pittsburgh Exposition Accident
A 10 year old boy accidentally shot and killed Mamie Peniman a 38 year old entertainer at the Pittsburgh Bicentennial Exposition in Point Park. The incident occurred as she prepared to appear on stage with her husband and daughter and was halted by the boy s father after the shot. Police questioned the boy Frank Monaco of New Kensington Pa but no charges were filed.
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Pittsburgh
Inside Market 9 Sports 14 Radio-TV 2 Bridge 6
A compact page notes Market activity and sports briefs across sections 9 and 14. Local radio and television listings appear alongside bridge game results and classified items. Obituary notices and Fulton area updates close the page.
First Missile Delivered Mail by U S Navy
The U S Navy successfully delivered mail by guided missile from the submarine Barbero to Mayport Florida in about 22 minutes covering roughly 100 miles. The 36 foot Regulus I carried 3 000 letters including one to President Eisenhower and was canceled USS Barbero. Postmaster General Summerfield called it a dramatic milestone toward regular missile mail service.
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Fla
UPI
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U.S
Mayport
St. John's River
Arthur E. Summerfield
Washington
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Post Office Department
Eisenhower
Summerfield
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Supreme Court
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Department
Summerfisid
Washington Evening Star
Ramsay
Rockefeller says peaceful trade may guard against missiles
Gov. Rockefeller told Rotarians at the international convention that peaceful intercontinental trade can lift living standards and reduce war tensions. About 10,400 Rotarians from 72 countries attended the opening with a message from President Eisenhower praising the group as a force for world peace.
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New York
Rockefeller
Eisenhower
Rotary
Edwin H. Tuller Elected General Secretary of Baptist Convention
The Rev. Dr. Edwin H. Tuller was unanimously elected general secretary of the American Baptist Convention. He ran unopposed to succeed Rev. Reuben E. Nelson of New York, who has held the post since its creation in 1940 and did not seek re election.
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Baptists
Lect Tuller
DES Maines
Edwin H. Tuller
American Baptist Convention
Tle
Reuben E. Nelson
New York
Nelson
Draft-Rockefeller Group to Skip Capital Affair
Congressional supporters of Nelson Rockefeller deny plans to attend a Washington reception for him, saying the draft Rockefeller group will not host or view it as a presidential kickoff. Rep. Stuyvesant Wainwright and Rep. Chester Merrow advise others to stay away. Rockefeller has discouraged any 1969 presidential ambitions. The Capitol Club hosts the event, with Hatfield among potential allies.
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New York
Nelson A. Rockefeler
Washington
Stuyvesant Wainwright
Rockefeller
Wainwright
Chester E. Merrow
Capitol Club
Mark Hatfield
Oregon
Billy Graham Eyes Trip to Moscow
British based evangelist Billy Graham said he may visit the Soviet Union for a few days to meet religious leaders but has no plans to hold a crusade there. A friend said the invitation came from Baptist church leaders in the USSR and Graham stressed a distinction between the government and the people. He also announced plans for large crusades in Africa next year.
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London
Billy Graham
Soviet Union
Graham
Baptist Church
Liberia
Ghana
Nigeria
Kenya
Ethiopia
Barroom Slaying Linked to $1 Million Drug Cache
New York police report a barroom homicide tied to a drug cache worth over a million dollars. Seven pounds of heroin marijuana cocaine and codeine were found in a Brooklyn basement closet as officers prepared to arrest 27 year old William Sorenson for the killing of 40 year old Thomas Lynch after a quarrel over dating a jailed woman's companion. A third Brooklyn patron Salvatore Alfano 26 was wounded in the hand.
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New York
Brooklyn
William Sorenson
Thomas Lynch
Lynch
Sorenson
Salvatore Alfano
Death Probe Seeks Truth In Syracuse Man’s Drowning
Arthur Prybyski 46 of Syracuse was found in Onondaga Lake with ankles bound by tape and arms tied behind him. Coroner Harry Gilmore ruled probable death by own action despite police suggesting possible gangland slaying as investigators review all leads and Prybyski’s distraught state.
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Syracuse
Onondaga Lake
Harry Gilmore
Onondaga County
Arthur CL. Prybylski
Gilmore
Prybylski
Leo Graszler
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Prybviski
Prybsiski
Barbara
Rebel and leftists lead in Sicily early returns
In Palermo the rebel Christian Democrat Silvio Milazzo and the Communist Socialist bloc led with about 44 percent of ballots counted. Christian Democrats trailed after a split in power at Rome.
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Sicily
Palermo
Christian
Rome
Silvio Milazzo
Quadruplets born as Bravata faces new family rift
In East Orange, Ciro Bravata and his partner Louise Strelein Bravata welcome a girl and three boys. Bravata reveals marriage to another woman and two children, while his wife Grace, 38, disputes support and claims debts. Caponi, their lawyer, says any separation is mutual and court orders require child support. Bravata earns 115 weekly as a Pennsy freight conductor and faces family turmoil before turning 40 on Father’s Day.
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Beast Orange
Ciro Bravata
Ares
East Orange General Hospital
New York City
Bravata
Graer
Louie Strohlein
Louise
Grace
Herman Capor
New York
Caponi
Hollis
Queens
Bragata
Pennsshama Railroad
East Germans and Soviets hold Moscow talks
East German leaders led by Walter Ulbricht and Otto Grotewohl travel to Moscow amid Geneva discussions with the Big Four. Western observers link the move to the Geneva talks and speculate on propaganda alarms over a separate peace treaty with East Germany.
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Moscow
Berlin
East Germany
Geneva
Walter Ulbricht
Communist Party
Otto Grotewohl
Lief
Kremlin
Ike urges end to bond interest ceilings and debt raise
President Eisenhower asked Congress to remove the 3 percent savings bond interest cap and the 4 percent cap on long term marketable bonds, and to raise the permanent debt limit from 283 to 288 billion with a temporary rise to 295 billion. He outlined new rates and terms for Series E and H bonds and urged debt management aligned with growth and credit safeguarding.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Treasury Department
Drownings Rise Amid Warm Weather Across New York
Weather turns warm as drownings spike over the weekend in New York State. Six drowned Friday to Sunday. total weekend deaths reach 25 with several other fatal incidents including a lightning strike near a picnic, a fatal Ellivottville car crash killing two children, and a boy from Willoughby among the deceased.
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New York State
New York City
Rose Caporale
Roslyn Caporale
Aistopher
Elliwottvile
Cattaraugus County
Tves
James Rinko
Willoughby
Robert Ploetz
Ellicottville
Snaron Swift
Great Valley
Salamanca District Hospital
Remains of U.S. Flyers Sought in North Africa
German report notes U S investigators combing the Libyan desert for nine airmen believed to bail out of a bomber 16 years ago. A crewmember site Bel Taherate, found by a French oil team, lies 440 miles southeast of Benghazi where U S planes operated in World War II. The crew had been listed as killed in action on April 4, 1943 after a bombing mission against Naples.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
U. S
U.S
Bel Taherate
Benghazi
Naples
Italy
Writer's Daughter Missing Brilliant Student Dad Says
Kenneth Millar father of Linda J Millar 19 daughter of mystery writers Linda vanished after leaving a Lake Tahoe Nevada casino May 30 31 She studied at UC Davis and is described as a brilliant student He cites past car tragedy and exam anxiety as possible factors in her disappearance.
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Calif
UPI
California
Nevada
Kenneth
Margaret Millar
John Ross McDonald
Linda J. Millar
Santa Barbara
Millar
Rocket Ship N15 Glides Safely After First Test
Edwards AFB Calif reports N15 rocket ship completed its first glide test from 38 000 feet attached to an airplane. Scott Crossfield piloted the craft which landed on a dry lake bed with no fuel on special skids after a four to five minute drop. Grace’s Dad Under Knife PHILADELPHIA veteran Johr BN father of Princess Grace of Monaco underwent emergency appendectomy Sunday and is reported to be recovering.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Scott Crossfield
Grace
Philadelphea
Johr
Princess Grace of
Monaco
Ike Nixon Urge GOP Push For 1960 Campaign Revival
President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon were to address a 3200-seat dinner honoring Republicans in Congress. The event aimed to raise over 300000 for House and Senate campaign committees, with net proceeds split 60 percent to the House and 40 percent to the Senate. Sen. Barry Goldwater and Rep. Richard M. Simpson organized the dinner.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Eisenhower Caplures
Congress
Eisenhower
GOP
Senate
House
Richard M. Ivon
House Committee
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Richard M. Simpson
Pennsylvania
Steel contract talks resume in basic steel industry
Negotiators in the steel industry resume talks today after a Friday recess amid a deadlock between the United Steelworkers of America and 12 major steel producers. The three year contract expires June 30, risking a strike by about 300,000 workers in plants producing 9 percent of the nation's steel if no deal is reached.
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New York
United Steelworkers of America
Train Kills Motorist at Gate Crossing in Blasdell
Sir Richard 8 Lord of Hamburg died when his car collided with a New York Central freight train at a gate crossing in Blasdell Erie County. The crash left the motorist fatally injured and the village residents shaken by the accident.
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Blasdell
N.Y
Richard 8
Lord
Hamburg
New York Central
Ene County
Nuclear Ban Talks Resume in Geneva Summit Potential
The three power talks on a universal nuclear ban resume in Geneva with hopes a final decision on suspending atomic and hydrogen tests could come at a summit. Sir David Ormsby-Gore says Macmillan Eisenhower Khrushchev may tackle final treaty elements if a summit occurs, but progress on Germany and Berlin remains a prerequisite.
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David Ormsby-Gore
United States
Soviet Union
Harold Macmillan
Eienhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Germany
Berlin
UN Palace of Nations
Breh
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